Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services

This technical assessment has been carried out as part of the preparation of the Health Program-for-Results (PforR) operation in Croatia. The primary focus of the assessment is on the Government's Program, and the National Health Care Strategy...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Health Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19790448/croatia-improving-quality-efficiency-health-services-project-program-results-technical-assessment
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topic ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADULT POPULATION
AGE STRUCTURE
AGED
AGING
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
ALCOHOLISM
AMBULATORY CARE
AMBULATORY SERVICES
AMBULATORY SURGERY
ANESTHESIA
BEDS
BREAST CANCER
BUDGETARY RESOURCES
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CAPITATION
CERTIFICATION
CHEMOTHERAPY
CHILD HEALTH
CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
CLINICAL PRACTICE
CLINICS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COMMUNITY SERVICES
COMPLICATIONS
CONTRIBUTION RATE
COST CONTROL
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
COST-EFFICIENCY
DAY CARE
DEATH RATES
DEATHS
DECISION MAKING
DELIVERY SYSTEMS
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
DIABETES
DIET
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASE CONTROL
DOCTORS
DRUG ABUSE
EATING HABITS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELDERLY
ELDERLY POPULATION
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
EPIDEMICS
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION
EXISTING CAPACITY
EXPENDITURES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FINANCIAL CONTROL
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE
HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
HEALTH CARE SECTOR
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH CARE WORKERS
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH CONDITIONS
HEALTH COSTS
HEALTH DATA
HEALTH ECONOMISTS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH FOR ALL
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INFORMATION
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE FUND
HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET
HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM
HEALTH INSURERS
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH NEEDS
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PLANNING
HEALTH PLANS
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH PROVIDERS
HEALTH RESOURCES
HEALTH RESULTS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SECTOR REFORM
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HIV/AIDS
HOME CARE
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL ACCREDITATION
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
HOSPITAL BEDS
HOSPITAL CAPACITY
HOSPITAL CARE
HOSPITAL COSTS
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
HOSPITAL SECTOR
HOSPITAL SERVICES
HOSPITALS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES IN HEALTH CARE
ILLNESS
INCENTIVES IN PAYMENT METHODS
INCOME
INCOME GROUPS
INFANT
INFANT DEATHS
INFANT MORTALITY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFLUENZA
INFORMAL PAYMENTS
INJURIES
INPATIENT CARE
INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE
INTEGRATION
INTERSECTORAL COOPERATION
INTERVENTION
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
LEADING CAUSES
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
LIVE BIRTHS
LONG-TERM CARE
MANAGED CARE
MATERNITY LEAVE
MEDICAL ECONOMICS
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
MEDICAL LABORATORIES
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
MEDICINES
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
NATIONAL HEALTH
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NURSES
NURSING
NURSING CARE
NURSING HOMES
OBESITY
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
PALLIATIVE CARE
PATIENT
PATIENT CHOICE
PATIENT OUTCOMES
PATIENTS
PHARMACEUTICAL EXPENDITURES
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR
PHYSICIANS
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLLUTION
POPULATION DIVISION
POPULATION GROWTH
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRESCRIPTION PRACTICES
PRIMARY CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PROGNOSIS
PROVIDER PAYMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
PUBLIC SPENDING
QUALITY CONTROL
QUALITY OF CARE
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
RADIOLOGY
REHABILITATION
RISK FACTOR
RISK FACTORS
SMOKERS
SMOKING
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL WELFARE
STERILIZATION
SURGERY
VACCINATION
VIOLENCE
WASTE
WELLNESS
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WORLD POPULATION
spellingShingle ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
ADULT POPULATION
AGE STRUCTURE
AGED
AGING
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
ALCOHOLISM
AMBULATORY CARE
AMBULATORY SERVICES
AMBULATORY SURGERY
ANESTHESIA
BEDS
BREAST CANCER
BUDGETARY RESOURCES
BURDEN OF DISEASE
CAPITATION
CERTIFICATION
CHEMOTHERAPY
CHILD HEALTH
CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
CLINICAL PRACTICE
CLINICS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
COMMUNITY HEALTH
COMMUNITY SERVICES
COMPLICATIONS
CONTRIBUTION RATE
COST CONTROL
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
COST-EFFICIENCY
DAY CARE
DEATH RATES
DEATHS
DECISION MAKING
DELIVERY SYSTEMS
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
DIABETES
DIET
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISEASE CONTROL
DOCTORS
DRUG ABUSE
EATING HABITS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELDERLY
ELDERLY POPULATION
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
EPIDEMICS
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION
EXISTING CAPACITY
EXPENDITURES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FINANCIAL CONTROL
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE COSTS
HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE
HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
HEALTH CARE SECTOR
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
HEALTH CARE WORKERS
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH CONDITIONS
HEALTH COSTS
HEALTH DATA
HEALTH ECONOMISTS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH FINANCING
HEALTH FOR ALL
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INFORMATION
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
HEALTH INSURANCE
HEALTH INSURANCE FUND
HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET
HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM
HEALTH INSURERS
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH NEEDS
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PLANNING
HEALTH PLANS
HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH PROVIDERS
HEALTH RESOURCES
HEALTH RESULTS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SECTOR REFORM
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HIV/AIDS
HOME CARE
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL ACCREDITATION
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
HOSPITAL BEDS
HOSPITAL CAPACITY
HOSPITAL CARE
HOSPITAL COSTS
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
HOSPITAL SECTOR
HOSPITAL SERVICES
HOSPITALS
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES IN HEALTH CARE
ILLNESS
INCENTIVES IN PAYMENT METHODS
INCOME
INCOME GROUPS
INFANT
INFANT DEATHS
INFANT MORTALITY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
INFLUENZA
INFORMAL PAYMENTS
INJURIES
INPATIENT CARE
INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE
INTEGRATION
INTERSECTORAL COOPERATION
INTERVENTION
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
LEADING CAUSES
LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
LIVE BIRTHS
LONG-TERM CARE
MANAGED CARE
MATERNITY LEAVE
MEDICAL ECONOMICS
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
MEDICAL LABORATORIES
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
MEDICINES
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
NATIONAL HEALTH
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NURSES
NURSING
NURSING CARE
NURSING HOMES
OBESITY
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
PALLIATIVE CARE
PATIENT
PATIENT CHOICE
PATIENT OUTCOMES
PATIENTS
PHARMACEUTICAL EXPENDITURES
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR
PHYSICIANS
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLLUTION
POPULATION DIVISION
POPULATION GROWTH
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRESCRIPTION PRACTICES
PRIMARY CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
PRIVATE INSURANCE
PROGNOSIS
PROVIDER PAYMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
PUBLIC SPENDING
QUALITY CONTROL
QUALITY OF CARE
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
RADIOLOGY
REHABILITATION
RISK FACTOR
RISK FACTORS
SMOKERS
SMOKING
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL WELFARE
STERILIZATION
SURGERY
VACCINATION
VIOLENCE
WASTE
WELLNESS
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
WORLD POPULATION
World Bank
Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Croatia
description This technical assessment has been carried out as part of the preparation of the Health Program-for-Results (PforR) operation in Croatia. The primary focus of the assessment is on the Government's Program, and the National Health Care Strategy 2012-2020, and serves as the policy framework for this operation. The needs that Croatia's health system must address have changed as a consequence of the demographic and epidemiological transition in the country. The disease burden in Croatia has shifted from being dominated by maternal and child health and communicable diseases to being dominated by chronic and non-communicable conditions. The Government of Croatia's National Health Care Strategy sets out development directions for the health sector and is the framework for making policy and operational decisions, including the distribution of budgetary resources. The development of emergency medical services and investment planning project supported technical assistance to develop a hospital rationalization master plan, and this will enable the Ministry of Health to develop specific proposals for funding that can be submitted to European Union (EU) structural funds. The hospital rationalization plan will be completed only in December 2013. In the interim, however, the Ministry of Finance has expressed its commitment to support the Ministry of Health to meet interim funding needs.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services
title_short Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services
title_full Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services
title_fullStr Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services
title_full_unstemmed Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services
title_sort croatia program-for-results : improving quality and efficiency of health services
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19790448/croatia-improving-quality-efficiency-health-services-project-program-results-technical-assessment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20077
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spelling okr-10986-200772021-04-23T14:03:53Z Croatia Program-for-Results : Improving Quality and Efficiency of Health Services World Bank ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADULT POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE AGED AGING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ALCOHOLISM AMBULATORY CARE AMBULATORY SERVICES AMBULATORY SURGERY ANESTHESIA BEDS BREAST CANCER BUDGETARY RESOURCES BURDEN OF DISEASE CAPITATION CERTIFICATION CHEMOTHERAPY CHILD HEALTH CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS CLINICAL GUIDELINES CLINICAL PRACTICE CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY SERVICES COMPLICATIONS CONTRIBUTION RATE COST CONTROL COST-EFFECTIVENESS COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS COST-EFFICIENCY DAY CARE DEATH RATES DEATHS DECISION MAKING DELIVERY SYSTEMS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DIABETES DIET DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE CONTROL DOCTORS DRUG ABUSE EATING HABITS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION EXISTING CAPACITY EXPENDITURES FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCIAL CONTROL FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENERAL PRACTITIONERS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COSTS HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE WORKERS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH COSTS HEALTH DATA HEALTH ECONOMISTS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH FOR ALL HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURERS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH NEEDS HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH PLANS HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH RESOURCES HEALTH RESULTS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HIV/AIDS HOME CARE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ACCREDITATION HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HOSPITAL BEDS HOSPITAL CAPACITY HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITAL COSTS HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT HOSPITAL SECTOR HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IN HEALTH CARE ILLNESS INCENTIVES IN PAYMENT METHODS INCOME INCOME GROUPS INFANT INFANT DEATHS INFANT MORTALITY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INFORMAL PAYMENTS INJURIES INPATIENT CARE INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE INTEGRATION INTERSECTORAL COOPERATION INTERVENTION LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LIVE BIRTHS LONG-TERM CARE MANAGED CARE MATERNITY LEAVE MEDICAL ECONOMICS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MEDICAL LABORATORIES MEDICAL SUPPLIES MEDICINES MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL HEALTH NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSES NURSING NURSING CARE NURSING HOMES OBESITY OUTPATIENT SERVICES PALLIATIVE CARE PATIENT PATIENT CHOICE PATIENT OUTCOMES PATIENTS PHARMACEUTICAL EXPENDITURES PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR PHYSICIANS POLICY FRAMEWORK POLLUTION POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION GROWTH PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCRIPTION PRACTICES PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES PRIVATE INSURANCE PROGNOSIS PROVIDER PAYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE RADIOLOGY REHABILITATION RISK FACTOR RISK FACTORS SMOKERS SMOKING SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL WELFARE STERILIZATION SURGERY VACCINATION VIOLENCE WASTE WELLNESS WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WORLD POPULATION This technical assessment has been carried out as part of the preparation of the Health Program-for-Results (PforR) operation in Croatia. The primary focus of the assessment is on the Government's Program, and the National Health Care Strategy 2012-2020, and serves as the policy framework for this operation. The needs that Croatia's health system must address have changed as a consequence of the demographic and epidemiological transition in the country. The disease burden in Croatia has shifted from being dominated by maternal and child health and communicable diseases to being dominated by chronic and non-communicable conditions. The Government of Croatia's National Health Care Strategy sets out development directions for the health sector and is the framework for making policy and operational decisions, including the distribution of budgetary resources. The development of emergency medical services and investment planning project supported technical assistance to develop a hospital rationalization master plan, and this will enable the Ministry of Health to develop specific proposals for funding that can be submitted to European Union (EU) structural funds. The hospital rationalization plan will be completed only in December 2013. In the interim, however, the Ministry of Finance has expressed its commitment to support the Ministry of Health to meet interim funding needs. 2014-09-11T16:34:31Z 2014-09-11T16:34:31Z 2014-01-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19790448/croatia-improving-quality-efficiency-health-services-project-program-results-technical-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20077 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Europe and Central Asia Croatia